Halloween Ghost Stories
In the lead-up to Hallowtide, I've been featuring ghost stories sent in by my YouTube subscribers and viewers.…
October 2021
26 October – Rain stops rebels going to battleand and Sir Thomas More is sworn in as Lord Chancellor
On this day in Tudor history, 26th October 1536, the rebels of the Pilgrimage of Grace halted at…
25 October – Twin saints and Francis I’s gift to Anne Boleyn
Today, 25th October, is a feast day which was celebrated in medieval and Tudor times - the feast…
24 October – John White’s return to England and the death of Jane Seymour
On this day in Tudor history, 24th October 1590, John White, the governor of the Roanoke Colony, returned…
23 October – The Dissolution of the Monasteries and John Hopkins’ burial
On this day in Tudor history, 23rd October 1538, Thomas Goldwell, Prior of Christchurch, Canterbury, wrote to Thomas…
22 October – Examination of accusations against Henry VIII and the death of Baron Morley
On this day in Tudor history, 22nd October 1537, an examination, or rather interrogation, was carried out regarding…
21 October – Lancaster Herald’s encounter with rebels and Henry VIII’s time at the French court.
On this day in Tudor history, 21st October 1536, during the Pilgrimage of Grace rebellion, Lancaster Herald had…